Word: steams
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Flight by Steam...
...beating a loud tattoo but without any noise of engine exhaust. After circling the airport at 1,000 ft. for about 15 minutes the plane glided to a landing and out jumped the two young men, grinning broadly. Thus unpretentiously, aeronautic history was made. For the first time, a steam-powered airplane had flown...
...Engine consists of two cylinders developing 90 h.p. in the air, 150 h.p. in block tests. It weighs 500 Ib.-considerably more per horsepower than gasoline airplane engines. Steam is generated from water (not from any special chemical) by burning cheap crude-oil. Sealed condensers return the steam from the cylinders to the boiler with only 1% loss. Constant pressure in the boilers is maintained by electric gauges which automatically ignite the burners when pressure begins to fall. Take-off pressure can be generated in one minute. The engine is reversible in flight, effecting a short, slow landing...
Cause of all the diplomatic commotion was the fact that President Roosevelt, after a month's concentration on domestic depression, was working up steam for an international attack on the world depression. Last week's hustle & bustle about Secretary Hull's office marked the Government's first active preparation to take the lead in the forthcoming League of Nations' Monetary & Economic Conference...
...Louis sat up late to get the first taste of its famed foam. Citizens waited in their cars outside the Busch and Falstaff breweries, only ones operating, for the first issue of 3.2%. The Busch brewery had a brass band ready to play at midnight. When midnight came, steam whistles and sirens drowned the Busch music. By afternoon, the St. Louis beer supply was woefully...